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ALBUMLace It - SingleJuice WRLD, Eminem & benny blanco
Albums by Eminem
ALBUMMusic To Be Murdered By - Side B (Deluxe Edition)Eminem
ALBUMMusic To Be Murdered By - Side B (Deluxe Edition)Eminem
ALBUMKamikazeEminem
ALBUMRevivalEminem
ALBUMThe Marshall Mathers LP2 (Expanded Edition)Eminem
ALBUMRecovery (Deluxe Edition)Eminem
ALBUMRelapse: RefillEminem
ALBUMEncore (Deluxe Version)Eminem
ALBUMThe Eminem Show (Expanded Edition)Eminem
ALBUMThe Marshall Mathers LPEminem
Eminem's Popular Music Videos
Not Afraid
Eminem
Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show (Live)
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar & 50 Cent
Godzilla (feat. Juice WRLD)
Eminem
Venom
Eminem
Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna)
Rihanna & Eminem
Rap God
Eminem
Mockingbird
Eminem
Darkness
Eminem
Forgot About Dre
Eminem, Dr. Dre & Hittman
Lucky You (feat. Joyner Lucas)
Eminem
Artist Playlists
Eminem Essentials
The best of the era-defining MC.
Eminem Video Essentials
Dive into the rapper's cheeky, controversial clips.
Eminem: The Producers
Eminem rhymes at such a high level that his production work often gets overlooked.
Eminem: Deep Cuts
The notorious rapper gets even darker and more political.
At Home With Eminem: The Playlist
The veteran rapper takes a deep dive into his favorite MCs.
Artist Biography
On 1999's “My Name Is,” Eminem entered the public imagination with a mandate: “God sent me to piss the world off.” From his provocative early work to the redemption narratives of 8 Mile and beyond, he’s more or less stayed true to form, holding a mirror to the American psyche—and his own—with an incisiveness rarely matched before or since. Raised in working-class Detroit, the artist born Marshall Mathers in 1972 got his start as a battle rapper, reaching the ears of then-Interscope Records CEO Jimmy Iovine and future mentor Dr. Dre; only months before, he had been fired from his job as a line cook, where he worked nearly 60 hours a week to support his infant daughter—an origin story that set the tone for his career. Dark, funny, and frequently violent, his breakthrough albums (1999’s The Slim Shady LP and 2000’s The Marshall Mathers LP) established him as pop culture’s premier bogeyman, a bleach-blond devil traumatized by circumstance who rapped about killing everyone from his mentor to his mother with such ferocity and wit that you’d almost forget he had the wrong idea. The result was a sound that reached beyond hip-hop into the heart of suburban America: rap not as social reportage but as primal-scream therapy; punk for a generation addled by reality TV. Even as he's matured—fame, stability, sobriety, an Oscar (for the 8 Mile centerpiece, “Lose Yourself”)—he's retained his edge, taking shots at politics and society (2017’s Revival) with a frustration that's bordered on relentless. Still, however tough he's been on the world, Em has also tended to reserve his harshest words for himself, refracting his insecurities—about his family, his music, his cultural relevance—into verses that have only made him seem more human.
Hometown
St. Joseph, MO, United States
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap